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Metadata
Object ID # |
1962.044.004 |
Object Name |
Kite |
Title |
Message Kite (from the Great War) |
Lexicon category |
7: Distribution & Transportation Artifact |
Year Range from |
1914 |
Year Range to |
1918 |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
England, United Kingdom |
Description |
This is a World War I stitched linen (long and narrow with pockets item) message kite. It is dyed red, yellow and navy blue. |
Provenance |
The message kite was obtained and kept by George Webster Butchart as a souvenir of the Great War (World War I). Exact location and year when he obtained it is unrecorded. |
Collection |
Military, 20th-c Collection |
Material |
Linen/Metal/Thread/Dye |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Butchart, George Webster |
Subjects |
Aviation Airplanes World War I (First World War/The Great War) |
Search Terms |
147th Grey Battalion Royal Air Force (R.A.F.) |
Function |
This item would have a lead weight in one of the pockets (the white-coloured one). One could tuck in messages into the other pocket and then drop them from one's airplane (aeroplane) down onto troops below to communicate something to them. It was used by the Royal Air Force during the Great War. |